About thefasteryoupedal

Hi! I'm Liz and I am a 38 year old teacher from Las Cruces, New Mexico. I'm also a fan of mountain biking, road biking, running, and traveling. I'm always up to try something new! This blog is for me to share ideas and also to receive new ideas!

Aloha!

Posted on May 24, 2009 by thefasteryoupedal

Jen threw an amazing bridal shower for me yesterday. It was fun to have people over to chit chat, eat, and play games. I liked how it was really laid back. The hawaiian theme made it even better…the food went quick!

Holly and Shawna showed up, which surprised me! I hadn’t seen Shawna since high school and Holly lives all the way in Salt Lake! We were friends in junior high and high school!

Kerri’s sassy lingerie!

I love the cupcake tree and the Hawaiian decorations. The back porch had parrots and canopies..it was so cute!

And the best part was this little girl walking around in her coconut bra! Haha.

The Brunch Club

Posted on May 22, 2009 by thefasteryoupedal

I went down to Mannion Middle School last night for the 8th grade awards night. I taught seventh grade last year and had a blast with my students. There was a group of students who hung out during lunch and after school that started a “Brunch Club”. We would play Catch Phrase, pull pranks, they would help me clean my classroom (child labor), and had many hilarious conversations about the most random things. They were so sweet last year and brought me a birthday cake and goodies too!

I had such a good time talking to them and hearing all their stories. I was really glad to hear that they are such good friends now. I am so glad I met these guys and hope to see more of them in the future!

I miss you guys!

You may be seeing the crew crashing my wedding reception. 🙂

Water Slide Fun

Posted on May 22, 2009 by thefasteryoupedal

Mike was in town this weekend and it was so relaxing! We just hung out, ate a lot of food (as usual) and went swimming. We met up with the family at Cancun (a time share on the Strip)and had a great time swimming, hot tubbing, drinking pina coladas, and sleeping in a hammock! I want to go back!

P.S. We weren’t posing or anything…

Medical Mystery

Posted on May 15, 2009 by thefasteryoupedal

So three days ago, my head swelled up. Then the next day, it looked bruised. Today, it looks burned! I went to the doctor and he doesn’t even know what is going on! I asked him if it was a bacterial infection, a bruise, hives, a clogged pore, exema, the list went on and on and he kept saying no. He just gave me an antibiotic and told me to wait it out. So now I have to walk around with this nastiness on my face!

Good times.

One Month!

Posted on May 6, 2009 by thefasteryoupedal

I just had to point out that its exactly one month til the wedding. Not that I am excited or anything…. 🙂

Check It Out!

Posted on May 5, 2009 by thefasteryoupedal

Mike made it into an article on the website of mountainflyer.com/

Go to this link:

http://www.mountainflyer.com/news.cfm?itemid=202

Scroll down to the bottom and the picture is huge and they say his name. 🙂

Mike’s Vegas Visit

Posted on May 4, 2009 by thefasteryoupedal

I am happy to say that Mike came out here for a visit and we had a blast!!! We did so much. Day one consisted of sleeping, sushi, and Lake Las Vegas. Day two consisted of rollercoasters, kite flying, In and Out, and watching Marley and Me (where I bawled my eyes out!). Day three was our marriage license day! Woot!

One more trip for Mike in a couple of weeks and then its our wedding! It’s going down!!

Race For The Cure

Posted on May 1, 2009 by thefasteryoupedal

So I’m running a 5k tomorrow with no training! Haha. I thought it would be fun to see how I do, even if I haven’t been running in a while, plus its for a great cause. I did it a few years ago and its a lot of fun!

Wish me luck!

Honeymoon

Posted on April 27, 2009 by thefasteryoupedal

So we booked our hotel rooms for our “mini” honeymoon in Vegas (since Mike has to work)….

We will be staying here the first night (since I won a free stay a while back!):

And then we will stay here the two other nights:

AND THEN! The best part is in July….we will be going here:

SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO!!! I am so excited!!

Six Weeks For Two Reasons!

Posted on April 24, 2009 by thefasteryoupedal

I really do think I am a nut for planning my wedding a day after the last day of school, but it gives me all the reason to count down to June 6th.

Invitations are off and things are starting to set in motion. I’ m meeting with a lady next week to plan out my reception. Nothing too fancy, but I want it to be cute and I’m excited to come up with inexpensive ideas but make it look like it wasn’t. I love a good challenge!

Anyway, enough wedding talk! Six weeks to go!